Last Tuesday, during a meeting of the Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee in New York, the bill S.5032 has passed. This bill was proposed by State Senator John Bonacic and aims to legalize online poker in the state of New York. This is a small victory, but it is the first step. The poker […]
Shaun Deeb, Phil Galfond and payment processor Neteller are the three new member of the Internet Poker Wall of Fame (IPWOF). Last summer Adam Schwartz and Terrence Chan created this online-only wall of fame concept as a way to honour companies, industry insiders and players that contributed in one way or another for the development […]
Over the weekend Ari Engel topped the Aussie Million Main Event. The event took place at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. After a lengthy and tough heads-up battle with Dunst, Engel won the equivalent of $1,120,110; this is the biggest prize of his whole career. The event started with 732 players, the fourth-largest turn out […]
To the online poker community, Annette Obrestad was like a superhero for a while. In her heyday, she represented the face of women in poker. She was seen as a self-confident young woman, insightful and fearless. She was able handle well her male competition, in virtual as well as land-based tournaments. Recently, the Las Vegas […]
In the middle of many accusations of financial misconduct, The Shane Warne Foundation (TSWF) has ceased operations. This Australian foundation was responsible for hosting many charity poker tournaments. The accusations claimed that the foundation had misrepresented or deliberately hidden the distribution of its funds. Even though Shane Warne insisted there were no financial misconduct, he […]
In an effort to make his own iGaming company private, Amaya CEO David Baazov made a bid to take it off the public stock exchange. On Monday morning Amaya released a statement saying that a group of investors and Baazov have made an offer to buy the company as well as its subsidiaries, such as […]
You don’t have to leave your house to have the experience of playing in a brick-and-mortar casino anymore. You can have that experience from the comfort of your house. You can play virtual reality (VR) online poker while sitting in your pyjamas. With the appropriate software, players can use “Casino VR: Poker”, the first app […]
In the world of limited country’s internet gaming revenues, Malta online poker has transformed into the red-headed stepchild. Poker operations only account for one percent of the total revenue derived from online gaming, according to the Maltese regulator. Malta being one of the world’s largest online gambling jurisdictions, this figure is quite unsettling. With about […]
Neymar Junior, one of the best soccer players of the actuality, was chosen by PokerStars along with Cristiano Ronaldo to be their brand ambassador last year. Neymar is only 23 years old and has already achieved a great deal of fame, prizes and millions of dollars. However some of his money may now be in […]
The Global Poker League will compensate its players for participating in the event. They announced recently their draft player compensation packages. Any player on each of the 12 GPL teams will receive benefit packages. In the same way that pro teams and sports franchises compensate their players. On February 25th in Los Angeles teams will […]
